Indian cement industry has been innovative and has adopted state-of-the-art technologies in areas such as resource conservation, environmental protection, energy conservation, waste utilisation, low carbon technologies, and so on.

Govt sanctions around 31 lakh homes under PMAY The government has sanctioned 30.76 lakh houses since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) to fulfill its ambitious scheme of Housing for All by 2022, according to housing minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

The Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) is determined to get a ban on petcoke import, although the ban would not apply to the cement industry, according to Sunita Narain, green activist and member of the EPCA.

We are buying the world's dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change, says Sunita Narain, Director General of Centre for Science and Environment and Editor of Down To Earth magazine.

Bengaluru: At a recent meeting with cement industries and civic officials, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) negotiated the removal of accrued Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) within two months.

The ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley has had a major negative impact on the state´s cement industry. The sector has suffered a loss of nearly Rs 200 crore, as the disturbance has put almost all industries to a halt, thereby further denting the sluggish economy of the state.